Hagerstown Police seek video footage from public to help homicide investigation

Julie E. Greene, The Herald-Mail
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Hagerstown Police are asking residents who live in a large area of the city's West End to share home surveillance video from the morning of Jan. 26 as the department continues to investigate a homicide in that area.

Police have previously stated in a news release that they believe the shooting of Kevin Shepherd, 38, of Hagerstown, was "likely a targeted incident and not random."

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Police responded to the area of the 1200 block of Marshall Street at about 9:50 a.m. that Friday morning for a report of shots fired. When police arrived, they found Shepherd dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

The cross street for the crime scene is Vermont Avenue.

Hagerstown Police are asking the public to submit video footage taken within the pictured perimeter area on the morning of Jan. 26, 2024, to aid with the investigation into Kevin Shepherd's homicide.
Hagerstown Police are asking the public to submit video footage taken within the pictured perimeter area on the morning of Jan. 26, 2024, to aid with the investigation into Kevin Shepherd's homicide.

Hagerstown Police posted a message on Facebook on Thursday, asking residents within a circular area covering many blocks to share home surveillance footage because there could be pertinent information related to the homicide.

The department is looking for video from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Jan. 26.

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The circular area shown in a map Hagerstown Police posted online is roughly bordered by:

  • The area northwest of Rhode Island Avenue and Blue Ribbon Way, including part of Delaware Lane

  • West Church Street to West Side Avenue to Central Avenue down to Florida Avenue

  • Northeast of Florida Avenue from Central Avenue to north of Rhode Island Avenue and including the front grassy campus of Western Heights Middle School.

Anyone with surveillance video from within that area is asked to submit that footage through an Evidence.com link the department has posted on its Facebook page, which can be accessed via http://bit.ly/3SSo1uN. The link also can be accessed via a QR scan code the department posted on its Facebook page.

People submitting video footage can choose to remain anonymous, the post states.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Hagerstown Police seek video from public to help murder investigation